Greg Stephens sent us this crossbow recall notice, which was in the Herald and other papers. "I just love the line 'the trigger mechanism can become dangerous under certain circumstances'," he says. "Like when it's loaded and aimed at someone, maybe?"
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A reader was stuck in traffic in Remuera when a grinning Rodney Hide knocked on her car window. "He had hopped out of his Smart Car in the queue behind me to point out that I had an almost-flat tyre and probably wanted to do something about it before damaging the tyre irreparably. Not many people would bother to do this, let alone busy Cabinet ministers with many bigger problems to deal with. Thanks, Rodney."
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A blow to Freedom: Louise writes, "In an effort to bring some cheer to the users of the Albany Park'n Ride on Thursday (and to promote the opening of their new Freedom store in Albany), a couple of representatives were busy handing out bright yellow gerberas when they were asked to leave the premises by a security guard. Commuters looked on in astonishment as the flower girls were escorted from the premises."
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Customer reviews on Amazon.com have made this Three Wolf Moon T-shirt an internet phenomenon. Sales of the kitsch black shirt have increased 2300 per cent since someone made this witty comment: "I walked from my trailer to Wal-Mart with the shirt on and was immediately approached by women. They knew from the wolves on my shirt that I, like a wolf, am a mysterious loner who knows how to 'howl at the moon' from time to time ... if you catch my drift," said Brian Govern. Sales have gone from two a day to 100 an hour.
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A reader writes: "I am not sure what is more annoying, the fact that TVNZ has adopted the bizarre Sun, Nxt and Ltr in its titles or that I hadn't noticed it until someone commented on it in your column. Now it's like red-car disease, it is really noticeable and really annoying."
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While watching TV2, my 6-year-old noticed the promotion for the upcoming programme had the big letters NXT, writes a reader. "He said: 'That's not how you spell 'next'. It's supposed to be n, e, x, t.' Touche."
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See today's Herald cartoon
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<i>Sideswipe:</i> Crossbow may be dangerous
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